About 30 'vigilizers' braved the cold weather
in front of the Spokane County Courthouse to bring our message
to the people. I was interviewed by the local ABC television-affiliate,
and our vigil was the lead-in story on the 11 p.m. news. Our
banner reading, There is no justice in the waron
drugs was shown prominently.

The Channel 4 report then featured the captain
of the local jail awkwardly defending drug prohibition to the
interviewer. The story then gave news about a Mexican cartel's
$200,000 bounty on U.S. border agents, followed by mention of
the $1.6 billion bankrolled to Colombia for continued military
actions against the peasants in coca-growing areas. The segments
ended by asserting that cocaine-exports from this bloodied and
beleaguered country have doubled in the last four years.

Perhaps unintentionally, the report still
served as a scathing indictment of the Drug War.

Several passersby chose to join our vigil,
and many cars honked as they motored by, their drivers yelling
support. We made several new contacts, including a young woman
who hopes to start a chapter of 'Students for a Sane Drug Policy'
at Gonzaga University. All in all, it was an exhilarating and
rewarding experience.